GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Begusarai) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) 31 January 0 21 9 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Darbhanga) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (East Champaran) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Gopalganj) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Madhubani) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 21-23°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Muzaffarpur) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Samastipur) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 80 78 82 82 80 55 56 58 60 55 6 9 9 7 9 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Easterly Easterly Easterly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly/Easterly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Saran) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 79 78 80 80 82 56 58 55 54 52 3 8 5 5 13 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Easterly Westerly Easterly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly/Easterly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Shivhar) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 79 78 80 80 82 56 58 55 54 52 3 8 5 5 13 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Easterly Westerly Easterly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly/Easterly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Sitamadhi) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 79 78 80 80 82 56 58 55 54 52 3 8 5 5 13 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Easterly Westerly Easterly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly/Easterly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Siwan) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 71 78 75 78 78 55 50 50 56 56 2 9 5 6 12 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (Vaishali) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 79 78 80 80 82 56 58 55 54 52 3 8 5 5 13 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Easterly Westerly Easterly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly/Easterly GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA (GKMS) AGRO-METEOROLOGY DIVISION Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa Samastipur, Bihar -848 125 Ph. & Fax: 06274-240266 Bulletin No. 9 Date: Friday, 29 Jan., 2016 Weather during the previous forecast period According to meteorological data recorded at Agro meteorological Observatory, Pusa (Bihar), average maximum and minimum temperature were 21.1°C and 7.5°C respectively. Average relative humidity was 89 percent at 0700 hrs and 63 percent at 1400 hrs. Soil temperature at 5 cm depth was 11.4°C at 0700 hrs and 19.3°C at 1400 hrs. Average wind speed, daily sunshine hours and average daily evaporation were 1.6 km/hr, 3.3 hours and 0.9 mm respectively. No rainfall was recorded during this period. Medium Range Weather Forecast (West Champaran) (30 Jan. – 3 Feb., 2016) Weather parameters Rainfall(mm) Max. T (°C) 30 January 0 21 31 January 0 21 1 February 0 23 2 February 0 22 3 February 0 21 Mini. T (°C) 9 9 9 10 10 1 0 1 0 1 89 89 88 90 90 72 70 66 75 75 5 9 8 6 10 Cloud cover (okta) Max Relative Humidity (%) Min Relative Humidity (%) Wind speed (kmph) Wind direction(deg) Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Westerly Remarks Dry weather Maximum temperature will remain between 2123°C and the minimum around 9-10°C. Light cloudy sky Chances of medium fog in early morning at isolated places Westerly Advisory for the farmers Crop Phenophases Advisory (Based on weather forecast) Weather is likely to remain favorable for spread of late blight disease in Bulb forming Potato/Tomato potato/tomato. Spraying of Di-Ethane M-45@2.5gm/L of water in stage potato/tomato crop is advised for control of blight. Constant monitoring is advised for infestation of aphid in mustard crop. If Mustard Flowering insect population is above ETL than spraying of Rogar or Quinalphos @ 2.0 ml/liter of water is advised when sky remains clear. Farmers are advised to prepare seedling of early cucurbitaceous crops in Cucurbitaceous crop small polythene bags in poly houses. Weeding is advised in early sown onion crop. Provide irrigation at an Rabi onion interval of 10-15 days. Regular monitoring is advised for infestation of pod borer in pigeon pea Pigeon Pea Flowering crop which is in flowering/pod formation stages. If infestation is found high, Spraying of Cartap hydrochloride @ 1.5ml/L of water is advised. Weeding is advised. Provide light irrigation in vegetable crops such as Vegetable crop cauliflower, tomato, pea, cabbage, garlic etc. Farmers are advised to provide light irrigation in late sown wheat crop Wheat CRI stage which is at CRI stage. Pea Flowering Spraying of 2 % urea is advised for proper growth of pods in pea crop. Monitoring is advised for infestation of leaf feeders in Cabbage & Cauliflower crop, if insect population is above ETL (Economic Threshold Cauliflower/Cabbage Level) then spraying of Dimethoate 30 EC@1ml/L or Spinosad @1 ml / 3 liter of water is advised. Monitoring is advised for infestation of fruit and shoot borer in brinjal crop, Flowering/ Brinjal if insect population is above ETL (Economic Threshold Level) then spraying Fruiting of Quinalphos @1.5ml/L of water is advised. In view of prevailing low temperature, farmers are advised to administer Milch animal calcium on regular bases mixing with feeds of milch animals in order to offset the negative impact of low temperature on milk production. (A. Sattar) (Nodal Officer)